Chapter 8 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

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. The suspicious Tiberius was all too ready to listen to ______, who profited from the information they provided.

"Zealots" correct incorrect

delators correct incorrect

pisciculi correct incorrect

Centurions correct incorrect

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. Despite his successes in Caledonia, the general ______ was recalled by Domitian, who was likely concerned that he was becoming too popular with the army.

Civilis correct incorrect

Agrippa correct incorrect

Calgacus correct incorrect

Agricola correct incorrect

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. When a great and destructive fire broke out in Rome in 64 CE, Nero blamed ______.

his mother Agrippina correct incorrect

conspiratorial senators correct incorrect

the Christians correct incorrect

the Praetorian Guard correct incorrect

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. After arranging a peace settlement with the Parthians, Nero symbolically closed the doors of the ______ in Rome.

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus correct incorrect

Golden House correct incorrect

Temple of Janus correct incorrect

Temple of Mars Ultor ("the Avenger") correct incorrect

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. Jesus of Nazareth's statement "Render to Caesar that which is Caesar's" refers specifically to what activity?

Tax payment correct incorrect

Emperor cult correct incorrect

Participation in the Roman census correct incorrect

Loyalty to local Roman officials correct incorrect

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. In 66 CE, Nero appointed which general to suppress the "Great Revolt" of the Jews in Judaea?

Vespasian correct incorrect

Piso correct incorrect

Scipio Aemilianus correct incorrect

Galba correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not one of Caligula's rash or strange decisions during his years as emperor?

Believing that he was the god Jupiter, he decreed divine honors to himself correct incorrect

He drained the Tiber River so that his horse wouldn't have to cross it by boat correct incorrect

He had Ptolemy executed because he was jealous of Ptolemy’s purple cloak correct incorrect

He ordered that a statue of himself be installed in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not one of Vespasian's rivals in the Year of the Four Emperors?

Galba correct incorrect

Vitellius correct incorrect

Verginius correct incorrect

Otho correct incorrect

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. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus received his nickname "Caligula" from ______.

the generosity he showed to the Praetorian Guard when he became emperor correct incorrect

his love of warm baths correct incorrect

his rash and impulsive behavior as a boy correct incorrect

the little boots that soldiers made for him when he was a boy correct incorrect

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. Even as he was dealing with the last of his rivals for power, Vespasian was confronted with a major revolt by the ______, a Germanic people in the Rhine delta.

Suebi correct incorrect

Batavians correct incorrect

Iceni correct incorrect

Caledonians correct incorrect